“Mr. Milton Hershey, of Hershey, Pa., the chocolate manufacturer, was in Lancaster on Wednesday and told his friends of the narrow escape he made from having taken passage on the Titanic,” says an excerpt from the April 18, 1912, issue of the “Lancaster New Era” newspaper from the Lancaster County Historical Society. Full Story

Therapist Has A Badge, a Card and a Tail He has a badge and a business card, and access to virtually every patient area of the Med Center. He is greeted with warm smiles. No one even looks askance when he climbs in bed with some of the patients.
“He” is Denver, a 4-year-old beagle who is part of the Pet Therapy program. Full Story

Woodell-Ribakusky Bill and Betty Woodell of Hum­melstown announce the engagement of Kristin Rose Ribakusky to their son, Scott Michael Woodell.
The bride-to-be is the daughter of Deborah and Mark Templin of Ran­dolph, Full Story

Malick-Steiner Erin Marie Steiner of Seattle, Wash., and Michael John Malick of Vancouver, Canada, along with their families, an­nounce their engagement. The couple met while attending graduate school at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. Full Story

Mechanicsburg held on to its one-game lead with a slim win at Palmyra and Lower Dauphin downed rival Hershey 2-0 to highlight Mid-Penn Keystone Division girls’ soccer action, Tuesday, April 10. Full Story

In the first meeting of the season between two of the pre-season Mid- Penn Keystone Division favorites Her­shey and Palmyra, it was the Trojans who remained undefeated in a 12-2, six-inning contest that snapped the Cougars’ four-game winning streak. Full Story

Obituaries

Evelyn M. Kline Evelyn M. Koller Kline, 89, of Hummelstown, passed away Saturday, April 7, 2012, in her home surrounded by her loving family.
The youngest of nine children, Evelyn was born in Harrisburg on Nov. 10, 1922, the daughter of the late Emory and Myrtle Cassatt Koller. Full Story

Ellen Jane Shook Ellen Jane Shook, 67, of Middletown went home to be with the Lord Thursday, April 5, 2012.
Born Nov. 26, 1944, in New York, N.Y., she was a daughter of the late William and Louise (Gorman) Holmes, and the widow of Charles Shook.
A sales consultant with CosmoProf, she was a member of Rosedale Church of the Nazarene and American Legion Auxiliary Post 730. Full Story